Orson Scott Card’s military-sci-fi classic has been orbiting in Hollywood for what feels like eons, never coming in for a landing. But there’s a new team behind the wheel, led by Star Trek’s writer-producers: Can they succeed where so many others have failed? This new team consists of X-Men Origins:
Back in May, the news came out that the long-running Power Rangers franchise was making the leap from Disney to Nickelodeon after the entity was bought back by original owner Haim Saban of Saban Brands. Well, now the new reboot of the series is coming to delightful consumer fruition, with
Andrew Stanton, the director of Pixar’s WALL-E, Finding Nemo and A Bug’s Life, is getting out of the animation studio and working on his first live-action movie, the upcoming John Carter of Mars. And he’s taking his job seriously. Almost too seriously. When asked about the look of the movie,
After scaring fans the world over as a best-selling novel, a TV miniseries and most recently a Marvel comic, Stephen King’s epic tale of mankind’s ultimate battle between good and evil is finally going to be a movie. Warner Brothers and CBS Films are joining forces to adapt King’s novel,
Good news for Fringe viewers! Fringe has defeated the so-called Friday night 9 p.m. death slot … at least so far. For the second week in a row, the sci-fi series has come out on top in its timeslot in the ratings that count, 18-49 adults. Fringe earned a 1.9/6
Few composers have built as illustrious a resume as John Barry, dead at 77, who won four Oscars over the course of his 40-odd-year career. While he might’ve gotten accolades for scores like Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa and Body Heat, his work on such films as Black Hole,
British actor Henry Cavill is going up, up and away. This undated photo provided by Warner Bros. shows actor Henry Cavill. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 that Cavill has won the coveted role of Superman, the iconic superhero. Cavill will star as Superman (and,
Who was the first captain of Star Trek’s U.S.S. Enterprise? And—was the Enterprise even the ship’s name? You can find out all this and more by reading creator Gene Roddenberry’s original pitch for his now-classic series. See what Blastr has found for us all to see
Attention Star Trek fans and collectors—to your wallets! PPW Toys is about to release Mr. Potato Head versions of beloved Star Trek TOS characters, starting with the great Shat himself, Captain James T. Kirk, and his good ol’ pal (OK, make that enemy), the Klingon Kor. According to Toyexplosion, the
If you’ve been thinking the ‘snowpocalypse’ and ‘snowmageddon’ storms that have hit the eastern United States have been bad, here are 17 worlds from around the galaxy that should leave you feeling better about a little snow. We realize these are only the—ahem—tip of the iceberg as far as frozen
German researchers have built an anthropomorphic robot hand that can endure collisions with hard objects and even strikes from a hammer without breaking into pieces. In designing the new hand system, researchers at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, part of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), focused on robustness. They
Working with writer J. Michael Straczynski, artist Shane Davis introduced readers to a whole new take on Superman last year with the hugely successful graphic novel, Superman: Earth One. Although the project was originally announced as a series of books, the future of the format hinged on that first volume.
